Author Archives: billbuchholz

Another one day ice boating wonder, right between a heat wave and a blizzard. The plate dried out and froze hard, the moat and drain holes built a whopping two inches overnight; must be a record. You can tell by … Continue reading →

The ice is now grey and smooth with no standing water. The surface is a bit slushy, but even with the hight temps no footprints were made without stomping. There is a moat at the launch ramp. Looks like we’re … Continue reading →

Bob Lombardo skated the pond top to bottom the past two days and saw nothing to bother an iceboat except the place called Fortier’s Lead. We have a one day weather window on Thursday to sail this plate. There’s still … Continue reading →

Starting with the gang in St. John, New Brunswick, David Welch send us this: ”Good sailing to be had over here in New Brunswick. After a thaw, rain, freeze cycle Chamcook Lake just outside of Saint Andrew’s By the Sea … Continue reading →

As we await developments in Ukraine, here’s a little background on what Russia went through in WW2. Is it any wonder they feel the need to push back every now and then? How ice boats saved Leningrad during the 1941 … Continue reading →